May 17, 2010

Newsletter: 

The number of researchers collaborating with the Marine Biodiversity Hub continues to increase. In this newsletter, there are reports from two researchers working with the Off-Reserve Management Program:

Linking microfinance and payments for ecosystem services - a tool for conservation and poverty alleviation in the Coral Triangle region and beyond 
Luis Rodriguez, Resource Economist, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems

Finding ways of measuring opportunity costs for potential and future uses by subsistence fishers 
Vanessa Adams, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies 
James Cook University